Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/oke

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *əku (“to get up; to rise”).

Verb

*oke

1. to get up
2. to rise

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 起ぃゆい (uïyui, wïïyui)
  • Kunigami: 起き゚るん (fukirun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 起るり (fïïruri)
  • Okinawan: 起きゆん (ukiyun)
  • Okinoerabu: 起いゆん (uiyun)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 起ひぃーゅむっ ('wïhïïyum)
  • Tokunoshima: 起いゆい (uiyui)
  • Yoron: 起いゆん (uiyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 起きㇲ゙ (ukiz)
  • Yaeyama: 起きるん (ukirun), 起きん (ukin)
  • Yonaguni: 起ぎるん (ugirun)

References

• Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History‎^[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 321